GIMP 3.2 released (gimp.org)

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[−] nickjj 63d ago
Being able to scale an image without losing quality is going to be handy. I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality and having to delete the layer, then re-import the image to get the original quality back.

This plugin https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/Gimp_Layer_Effects_Text_Style... also makes adding text effects with GIMP pretty good. This is unrelated to 3.2 but turned out to be a necessity for me.

[−] cmyk_student 63d ago
It's because each transform was "destructive" (like filters use to be by default). What link & vector layers do instead is store a transform matrix, so each transform just updates the matrix instead of actually re-rasterizing the layer each time.

We were hoping to expand that feature to all layer types for 3.2, but we ran out of time to properly test it for release. It'll like be finished for the next minor release.

[−] __mharrison__ 63d ago
It sounds like you are a gimp developer. Curious about the use of AI to work on it. Do the gimp devs use AI to write code?
[−] Aardwolf 63d ago

> I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality

Maybe it's because I grew up with Paint Shop Pro 6 and such, but that seems completely normal and expected to me

[−] enriquto 63d ago

> I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality

I'm honestly baffled at your surprise... say, if you crop an image, and 2 seconds later you enlarge it to its original size; do you expect to get the inital image back? Or a uniform color padding around your crop?

Scaling is just cropping in the frequency domain. Behaviour should be the same.

[−] vunderba 63d ago
Nice - all actions performed on a layer should retain a hidden "raw original" so we get non-destructive transforms.
[−] Retr0id 63d ago
Does anyone else find non-destructive editing kinda unintuitive?

I get the practical benefits of it, but it feels shoehorned in to an interface for doing destructive edits. Chained edits frequently interact in ways that confuse/surprise me.

I think I'd rather do non-destructive edits via some sort of node-editor interface. (And to be honest most of the things I use GIMP for don't need non-destructive editing in the first place)

[−] dvh 63d ago
Can I finally Ctrl+s jpeg image? And no, export is not enough because first time it will ask for for path and compression level which it already knows. I just want to Ctrl+s and be done.
[−] tejohnso 63d ago
Love GIMP. Always capable of doing anything I need done with raster images or even PDFs. Lately I've been opening PDFs and lightening the pages so that they can be printed without wasting a bunch of toner on backgrounds that are meant to be white but were scanned in as a light grey.
[−] Jabrov 63d ago
The lack of GenAI integration is actually refreshing
[−] hnlmorg 63d ago
I use Gimp pretty sporadically but the latest UI refresh (I’m guessing introduced in 3.0?) completely baffles me.

It might just be that it’s better tailored for graphic designers, which I’m clearly not. But now I can’t even figure out how to draw a square on screen. Let along anything clever.

[−] helij 63d ago
One of the first things I install on any new computer is Gimp. Thank you to all involved in the Gimp project.
[−] kernc 63d ago
Let everyone be reminded how joyful GIMP 2.10 menus used to look ...

https://i.imgur.com/nVyMQBt.png

[−] quicon 63d ago
I find Gimp super useful and easy to learn. Using it to edit pdfs generated by NotebookLM is my new way of creating decks and presentations. Thanks for the great work.
[−] peter-m80 63d ago
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[−] AbuAssar 63d ago
Is it possible to train a model on all gimp features that will eventually let us prompt whatever edits we want and it’ll automate gimp to achieve it?